mollis
French
editVerb
editmollis
- inflection of mollir:
Participle
editmollis m pl
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom earlier *molduis, from Proto-Italic *moldus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to soften, melt”).[1]
Cognates include Latin mola, blandus, mortārium, Old Prussian maldai (“boys”), Welsh blydd (“soft”), Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “young”), Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdú, “soft, mild, weak”), Old Armenian մեղկ (mełk, “soft, weak”), Ancient Greek βλαδύς (bladús, “weak”) and ἀμαλδύνω (amaldúnō, “to weaken, destroy”). More at mild.
An alternative hypothesis derives it from the Proto-Indo-European root *melh₂- (“to grind, crush, pulverize, mill”) via *mol-n-is; more at malleus.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmol.lis/, [ˈmɔlːʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmol.lis/, [ˈmɔlːis]
Adjective
editmollis (neuter molle, comparative mollior, superlative mollissimus, adverb molliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- soft, delicate to the touch
- pliant, flexible, supple
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 23.26:
- Diligentior cura mollia panis fermentati colat aqua fervente.
- Those who take the most care boil the soft part of leavened bread then strain off the water;
- Diligentior cura mollia panis fermentati colat aqua fervente.
- mild, tender
- tender, weak
Declension
editThird-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | mollis | molle | mollēs | mollia | |
Genitive | mollis | mollium | |||
Dative | mollī | mollibus | |||
Accusative | mollem | molle | mollēs mollīs |
mollia | |
Ablative | mollī | mollibus | |||
Vocative | mollis | molle | mollēs | mollia |
Synonyms
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editDescendants
edit- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Vulgar Latin: *molliāre (see there for further descendants)
- Borrowings:
References
edit- “mollis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mollis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mollis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mollis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mollis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 386
Spanish
editNoun
editmollis
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